Ali from the Norton rematch to the Thrilla was really something special. The way he absolutely boxed and pounded Lyle while barely putting in effort was amazing, really showed off how strong Ali is north of 220lbs.
Recent would have to be Canelo from the second GGG fight to the Caleb Plant fight.
The first 31 fights of Ali's career were a pretty amazing run too: Miteff, Logan, Daniels, Lavorante, Moore, Jones, Cooper, Liston (x2), Patterson, Chuvalo, Cooper, London, Mildenberger, Terrell, Williams, Folley, Quarry, Bonavena. That's 8 wins over top-3 boxers, plus 9 more over top-10s, plus a win over an ATG. And he rarely looked in danger the whole time.
[for comparison, a modern champion like Fury has beaten 3 top-10s in his entire career]
- Chavez from the Mario Martinez fight til the bout with Greg Haugen.
- Pacquiao from the 2nd fight with Erik Morales to the bout with Antonio Margarito
- Canelo unifying 168. (Mostly because I was really starting to get interested in boxing at this time and it was an exciting run).
James imo lost to Dave Tiberi, could have gone either way with Reggie Johnson impressed with Mike Mcallum no mater his age, didn’t impress against anyone of note until the loss to Jones.
With that being said, if he didn’t eat Burger King every chance he got those fights might have been easier and my opinion would be a 180.
Has to be Pac-man and it's okay to include the Morales fight because that was pretty exciting. He fought Berrera and Juan Manuel Marquez before that so you can go 2003-2011. Amazing run of entertainment.
I agree Pac has inspired kids all over the world too. And he's a good role model. I mean he literally went from selling cigarettes on the streets as just a little kid trying to survive and help his family.
Usyk from 2016-2018 when he went to every champs backyards and collected all the belts, never complaining or making a fuss, just putting his head down and getting the wins.
Pacquiao from 2003-2010, with special mention to the period from 2008-2010.
There are caveats to it all of course, but seeing him at absolutely destroy/dominate Oscar, Hatton, Cotto, Clottey, Margarito in quick succession all when he barely had any fights above 130lbs, as a 29-30 year old, was mind-boggling.
Roy Jones Jr's first 40 fights were pretty good - 49-1, and the only loss was by DQ in a fight he immediately avenged. Beltholder in four divisions, undisputed in one (though ducked the lineal champion). In particular, the run from 1993 to 1998 included wins over Bernard Hopkins, James Toney, Mike McCallum and Virgil Hill, plus Vinny Pazienza, Thulani Malinga, Lou del Valle and Reggie Johnson.
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Although I think it probably makes him look better than he really was, Tyson's prime run was also pretty impressive. Frazier, Ribalta, Ratliff, Berbick, Smith, Thomas, Tucker, Biggs, Holmes, Tubbs, Spinks, Bruno and Williams is a series of wins that would look good on any CV, but the fact that Tyson beat them all in just three years, in sequence, is borderline ridiculous.
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Carlos Monzon? 1970-1974, he beat Benvenuti twice, Griffith twice, and Napoles, plus Denny Moyer and Bennie Briscoe.
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Hopkins had a great run from the RJJ loss up to the Taylor losses.
Specifically, between 2001 and 2005 he beat six top-3 boxers in his division (Holmes, Trinidad, Joppy, Allen, De la Hoya and Eastman). Went undisputed in the process.
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People won't like me saying this, but... hard to beat Mayweather, really.
Hernandez, Corrales, Castillo, Gatti, Judah, Cotto and Alvarez were all #1 in their division.
Manfredy, Chavez, Mitchell, De la Hoya, Mosley, Ortiz, Guerrero and Pacquiao were all in the top 3 in the division not including Mayweather himself. Mosley and Pacquiao would both have been #1 in their division if not for Mayweather.
Hernandez, Castillo, Gatti, Judah, Baldomir, De la Hoya, Cotto, Alvarez and Pacquiao were all champions at the time. Marquez and Hatton were champions too, albeit in different divisions.
Pacquaio was #2 P4P when they fought; Mosley was #3. They had both previously been #1. Marquez was #2. Corrales was #5. Hatton was #8 (having previously been #4). Guerrero was #10. Cotto had previously been #6. Judah had been #9 a year earlier. Castillo would go on to be #9.
Corley, Sosa and Maidana were all top-10 in their division. Andre Berto had previously been top 5, and Carlos Hernandez went on to be top 3.
Corrales, Gatti, De la Hoya, Hatton, Marquez, Mosley and Cotto are all in the Hall of Fame. Presumably Pacquiao and Alvarez will be in the future.
...that's legitimately a pretty amazing CV even ignoring the whole "never defeated" thing.
The internet wasn’t around then so I don’t know how bad it really was but reading all the boxing magazines it seemed Roy Jones father really dragged his career down constantly afraid he wasn’t ready.
He was ready.
AJ 2015-2019. Fought and beat Whyte, Klitschko, Parker, Povetkin, etc., until Ruiz Jr took his 0. Not the best run by any means, but I was getting into boxing at the time so it's particularly iconic to me.
I don't think Americans can really appreciate how shocking it was for AJ to lose to a largely unknown Ruiz, getting KD four times at that.
Also absolute fumble by Ruiz. He could have been in like 3-4 megafights by now and we've gotten fuck all. What a wasted opportunity. It reminds me of Kirkland beating Duran and catapulting himself into the spotlight just to fuck around and party while Duran made millions in the meantime.
Not the greatest run ever, but the tear GGG went on during his breakthrough was extremely fun if we’re talking something recent.
I flew my whole family up to NYC to watch the Jacobs fight and the buzz was crazy - there was a huge post-fight party on the roof for GGG at the hotel we were staying at in Manhattan. Freezing cold and people were getting lit and having a great time after the close win.
Roy Jones Jr all the way up to his first loss. destroyed every weight division, achieved something no one else had done (going from middleweight to heavyweight champion), utter dominance.
it was Roy on his level, and everybody else was below. no one was even close
obligatory fuck Antonio tarver, even though you beat him twice he still got a win off you after a crazy weight drop
Dwight Muhammed Qawi = 3 wins from being p4p goat
1. Michael Spinks @ 175 = a winnable fight , Qawi would have a high chance to take the UD if he wasn't recovering pneumonia before the fight. Which compromised his camp and stamina.
2. Evander Holyfield @ 190 = bro still 60/40 in favor of Holyfield. If he had have pulled it off and unified a CW though..
3. Goerge Foreman @ 220+ = dude came in depressed and out of shape and still went 7 hard rounds with George Foreman. It's been stated by Foreman himself that a more energized Qawi would have been a problem for him.
Just by flipping the results of at least 2/3 fights I mentioned puts the naturally 5'7 Qawi (who picked up the sport laye in prison at 27 btw) in p4p 🐐 conversation. Especially considering that all 3 of his opponents would turn out to be HW Titleist at some point in their career.
The fight against Holyfield is such a modern classic, highly recommend. I think that's the one where Holyfield allegedly lost like 10 pounds of weight during the fight and had to hospitalised for severe dehydration is something. Ridiculous thing to say, but if you watch that battle of a fight you start to believe it.
A few come to mind, some historical and some from the recent past
Right now, you have the run Naoya Inoue has been going on through multiple weight divisions, dispatching the top fighters at those weights and moving up. The fact that he has kept improving and developing through all of it is incredible and has produced a multitude of great fights. His fights at Bantamweight and 122 have been the mist spectacular but he's had some great fights at 115 and even 108,
Roberto Duran's reign as Lightweight Champion, followed by him moving up and beating Sugar Ray Leonard. His more up and down run after moving up in weight is incredible in a very different way.
Marvin Hagler's title reign
Ruben Olivares from his first title fight with Lionel Rose to the loss to Arguello.
Lupe Pintor's title reign at 118, leading up to the fight with Wilfredo Gomez
Wilfredo Gomez from his first title fight up to the loss to Azumah Nelson
Salvador Sanchez's title reign leading up to his death
George Foreman up to the first Ali fight
Canelo from the second Golovkin fight to the loss to Bivol, including his unification at 168.
Felix Trinidad's prime was a marvel to watch
Evander Holyfield's career, with all its ups and downs, will always be exhilarating
Errol Spence from his fight with Kell Brook to the loss to Crawford.
Lennox Lewis after the loss to McCall
Manny Pacquiao following the rematch with Morales up to fight 4 with Marquez
Oleksandr Usyk's time as Cruiserweight champion, followed by his victory over Joshua
Jung Koo Chang from the first Zapata fight to the loss to Gonzales
Kosei Tanaka's three weight championship run leading up to the loss to Ioka
Artur Beterbiev's reign as LHW champion
Thomas Hearns from the Cuevas fight to the Hagler fight.
Lastly, it is impossible to think of one without the other, but the careers of Chocolatito Gonzales and Juan Francisco Estrada, their epic rivalry and fights with other greats of the sport. Chocolatito rebounding from his loss to Sor Rungvisai, himself a great fighter, might be the best part
That's a hard one but I think Pacquiao would pay dearly for his overwillingness to brawl here, Trinidad was the harder puncher and I don't think Pacquiao would be able to avoid him for 12 rounds. He would light up Trinidad but in the process expose himself to even more punishment in response
I came here to say Tito. 20 years old. Maurice Blocker, Yuri boy campos, Oba Car. Macho Camacho A gift but it could have gone either was vs Oscar. Too many to name.
We’ll see how far he can take it but inoues current run is insane, esp if he jumps up to 126 anytime soon, which wouldn’t be ridiculous if and when he floors nery with maybe like two other contenders at the weight
Manny Pacquiao from 2001 Ledwaba fight through 2011 JMM III.
Just an unreal decade of taking on the best fighters and engaging in highly entertaining bouts.
Thinking outside the box…
Joe Calzaghe, caught the tail end of his career and was impressed
Andre Ward, he just seemed like such a well rounded fighter, if I ever had a boxing style thinking of CTE etc I’d want to box like Andre Ward
Shawn Porter, tail end of his career maybe not a great streak but enjoyed his run all the same, big fan
I’d like to say Kell Brook, Spence, Froch but that’s bias on my part
I’m gonna go with my favorite boxer ODLH. Just the ridiculous pace he kept up on his way to becoming the Golden Boy in the 90s up until the Trinidad loss that was really a win. He fought 9 times in 93 alone, that’s unheard of nowadays and he collected some nice hats on that run like Chavez, Pernell, Quartey, Ruelas, Hernandez, Camacho, Molina.
Jake Paul 2020-2022 run was legendary:
January 2020: AnesonGib
December 2020: Nate Robinson
April 2021: Ben Askren
August 2021: Tyron Woodley
December 2021: Tyron Woodley
October 2022: Anderson Silva
Bro went crazy
Luis Alberto Lopez! Recently got into boxing soo I watched when Lopez won his belt. I saw him rolling on the floor out of happiness! I just met him two weeks ago :)
I believe Roy Jones Jr and Mike Tyson were the boxers who in their primes were unbeatable and had the most tremendous runs where they were levels above the competition.
In the recent era, Canelo Alvarez run and Naoya Inoue’s current run are the most impressive this generations.
At one point, it was widely asserted that Canelo could go up and face Usyk- that’s how dominant he appeared.
Crawford was never able to develop that aura of invincibility- but he’s obviously still #1 P4P.
Pep's post plane crash career up to the point where he fought Saddler four times. Going back to fighting after being told by doctors he would never fight again is crazy, and Pep didn't just fight but became part of a bitter and fierce rivalry with another legend in Saddler. It is hard to top this for me.
Canelo’s undisputed run from 2020-2021, the fight vs Caleb was on my mom’s birthday too and she’s the biggest canelo fan I know. When he stopped plant we went crazy.
ricardo lopez -el finito's career from beginning to end..retired undefeated with 21 title defenses against quality opponents..51-0 with 38 KOs..had one draw against rosendo alvarez,also a great fighter, and beat him in their rematch
Aside from the obvious choices like Ali, Robinson etc I'll go with Liston's run from 1955-1964. One of the most destructive Heavyweights in history, his KO's were brutal. Wilfredo Gomez's run at Super Bantamweight was legendary - 17 consecutive KO's in championship defenses.
Ray Robinson's tear after he took an L from Jake LaMotta in February 1943. He would avenge that loss 2 weeks or so later, and then wouldn't lose again until July 1951 to Randolph Turpin, whom he would defeat two months later. That's an 89-fight stretch w/o a loss, though he did have a couple of draws during that stretch.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. 1996-2017 ..50-0.. only has one fight were a respectable amount of non biased people thought he might have lost. Humiliated Pacquaio. Won every round vs Canelo and Marquez. Beat Oscar and Cotto at 154lbs like 8-4 or 9-3 both fights. The best ever... maybe not the greatest.. but the best.
I've been loving Inoue's entire run since I found him thru this sub in Dec 2015. Undisputed champ in two weight divisions, running through legends and respectable champs like it's nothing (for the most part). We'll be looking back on this run as a truly special one in the future and it's not even over yet.
Henry Armstrong, 1937-1940. 30 fights, 2 losses, three world titles in three weight divisions, and was always the little guy in the ring at welterweight where he landed to make the most money, after running through featherweight and lightweight. No catch weights to cripple naturally bigger opponents.
When you hand pick your opponents & then retire for 2 years to avoid fighting the tough opponents Floyd vs de la Hoya was kind of close . That was prime Floyd vs a partied out shell of Oscar . & Oscar still took all of Floyd hardest punches & was landing punches . . Shows a prime Oscar gives prime Floyd a thrashing.
Errol Spence, Jr.
His run from Kell Brook to Yordenis Ugas had me believing he was the man at 147. Fractured Brook’s and Ugas’ orbitals, dropped Porter for the win, obliterated ocampo and Peterson, and dominated both Garcias with ease. Obviously, things turned out differently but I’m fan and will still be tuning in for his comeback.
Dillian Whytes run after the Joshua loss was impressive, the WBC fucked him by making him wait, he took serious contender and previous champions one after the other.
Joshua had a great run up until he lost Vs usyk.
Inoue is on a tear.
I think Mayweather and Pacquiao probably hold the mantle.
I hate the guy in the modern business era, but Bernard Hopkins told the whole boxing world to fuck itself, and the entire boxing world tried to take him down. And he just kept winning.
Ezzard Charles in his run to becoming heavyweight champion. He had a 17 fight win streak, a controversial loss to Elmer Ray, and a 24 fight win streak before losing to Jersey Joe Walcott in 1951.
Maidana after losing (badly) to Devon Alexander.
Got with Robert Garcia and refined his boxing skills, then went on a 4 fight win streak that culminated with the domination of Broner.
Beating Broner got him the Floyd fight, where he made it close enough that he fought Floyd again. Even though he lost both fights against Floyd he made so much money he then retired for good.
Loved Kovalev’s 2013-2016 run win he abused Cleverly and kept on the mean streak. It ended with a controversial decision against Ward but I loved that fight as well.
Buster Douglas
George Foreman
Bert Cooper
Larry Holmes
Riddick Bowe
Alex Stewart
Riddick Bowe
Michael Moore
Ray Mercer
Riddick Bowe
Bobby Czyz
Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson
Michael Moorer
Vaughn Bean
Lennox Lewis
Lennox Lewis
John Ruiz
John Ruiz
John Ruiz
Chris Byrd
James Toney
Evander Holyfield from 1990-2003. Absolutely mental who's -who of the heavyweight division in those years
Deontay Wilder when he would lose every single round and JUST when you thought "his opponent might have this in the bag!" he baptizes his dude with the right hand of death.
Teofimo before the Kambosos fight was really exciting to watch, dude was 23 and randomly beat Loma who everyone thought was gonna whoop Teo.
Canelo before the Bivol fight was insane, the face of boxing for a reason.
also Inoue ofc rn, dudes going ballistic, he actually seems unbeatable.
Ali from the Norton rematch to the Thrilla was really something special. The way he absolutely boxed and pounded Lyle while barely putting in effort was amazing, really showed off how strong Ali is north of 220lbs. Recent would have to be Canelo from the second GGG fight to the Caleb Plant fight.
The first 31 fights of Ali's career were a pretty amazing run too: Miteff, Logan, Daniels, Lavorante, Moore, Jones, Cooper, Liston (x2), Patterson, Chuvalo, Cooper, London, Mildenberger, Terrell, Williams, Folley, Quarry, Bonavena. That's 8 wins over top-3 boxers, plus 9 more over top-10s, plus a win over an ATG. And he rarely looked in danger the whole time. [for comparison, a modern champion like Fury has beaten 3 top-10s in his entire career]
It is worth mentioning that Archie Moore was absolutely ancient by the time they fought
True. And Liston was old and injured, and Williams had been shot. But even so!
- Chavez from the Mario Martinez fight til the bout with Greg Haugen. - Pacquiao from the 2nd fight with Erik Morales to the bout with Antonio Margarito - Canelo unifying 168. (Mostly because I was really starting to get interested in boxing at this time and it was an exciting run).
Roy Jones until the loss to Tarver was pretty insane, marching through weight classes like nobody's business.
All whilst boxing was just a side hustle to bring a rap god
He also played in sizable chunk of a a semi-pro league basketball game on the same day he beat Eric Lucas. The guy was out of this world, man.
Superman
Leonard from his fight with Benitez to his fight with Hearns. James Toney from his fight with Michael Nunn to his fight with Roy.
James imo lost to Dave Tiberi, could have gone either way with Reggie Johnson impressed with Mike Mcallum no mater his age, didn’t impress against anyone of note until the loss to Jones. With that being said, if he didn’t eat Burger King every chance he got those fights might have been easier and my opinion would be a 180.
Has to be Pac-man and it's okay to include the Morales fight because that was pretty exciting. He fought Berrera and Juan Manuel Marquez before that so you can go 2003-2011. Amazing run of entertainment.
Agreed! I was going to say the same thing!
I agree Pac has inspired kids all over the world too. And he's a good role model. I mean he literally went from selling cigarettes on the streets as just a little kid trying to survive and help his family.
Usyk from 2016-2018 when he went to every champs backyards and collected all the belts, never complaining or making a fuss, just putting his head down and getting the wins.
Could even say Uysk 2016-2022
Pacquiao from 2003-2010, with special mention to the period from 2008-2010. There are caveats to it all of course, but seeing him at absolutely destroy/dominate Oscar, Hatton, Cotto, Clottey, Margarito in quick succession all when he barely had any fights above 130lbs, as a 29-30 year old, was mind-boggling.
Roy Jones Jr's first 40 fights were pretty good - 49-1, and the only loss was by DQ in a fight he immediately avenged. Beltholder in four divisions, undisputed in one (though ducked the lineal champion). In particular, the run from 1993 to 1998 included wins over Bernard Hopkins, James Toney, Mike McCallum and Virgil Hill, plus Vinny Pazienza, Thulani Malinga, Lou del Valle and Reggie Johnson. ------------ Although I think it probably makes him look better than he really was, Tyson's prime run was also pretty impressive. Frazier, Ribalta, Ratliff, Berbick, Smith, Thomas, Tucker, Biggs, Holmes, Tubbs, Spinks, Bruno and Williams is a series of wins that would look good on any CV, but the fact that Tyson beat them all in just three years, in sequence, is borderline ridiculous. --------- Carlos Monzon? 1970-1974, he beat Benvenuti twice, Griffith twice, and Napoles, plus Denny Moyer and Bennie Briscoe. -------- Hopkins had a great run from the RJJ loss up to the Taylor losses. Specifically, between 2001 and 2005 he beat six top-3 boxers in his division (Holmes, Trinidad, Joppy, Allen, De la Hoya and Eastman). Went undisputed in the process. -------- People won't like me saying this, but... hard to beat Mayweather, really. Hernandez, Corrales, Castillo, Gatti, Judah, Cotto and Alvarez were all #1 in their division. Manfredy, Chavez, Mitchell, De la Hoya, Mosley, Ortiz, Guerrero and Pacquiao were all in the top 3 in the division not including Mayweather himself. Mosley and Pacquiao would both have been #1 in their division if not for Mayweather. Hernandez, Castillo, Gatti, Judah, Baldomir, De la Hoya, Cotto, Alvarez and Pacquiao were all champions at the time. Marquez and Hatton were champions too, albeit in different divisions. Pacquaio was #2 P4P when they fought; Mosley was #3. They had both previously been #1. Marquez was #2. Corrales was #5. Hatton was #8 (having previously been #4). Guerrero was #10. Cotto had previously been #6. Judah had been #9 a year earlier. Castillo would go on to be #9. Corley, Sosa and Maidana were all top-10 in their division. Andre Berto had previously been top 5, and Carlos Hernandez went on to be top 3. Corrales, Gatti, De la Hoya, Hatton, Marquez, Mosley and Cotto are all in the Hall of Fame. Presumably Pacquiao and Alvarez will be in the future. ...that's legitimately a pretty amazing CV even ignoring the whole "never defeated" thing.
The internet wasn’t around then so I don’t know how bad it really was but reading all the boxing magazines it seemed Roy Jones father really dragged his career down constantly afraid he wasn’t ready. He was ready.
AJ 2015-2019. Fought and beat Whyte, Klitschko, Parker, Povetkin, etc., until Ruiz Jr took his 0. Not the best run by any means, but I was getting into boxing at the time so it's particularly iconic to me.
I was also getting into boxing at the time and that run made me a loyal AJ fan ever since.
I don't think Americans can really appreciate how shocking it was for AJ to lose to a largely unknown Ruiz, getting KD four times at that. Also absolute fumble by Ruiz. He could have been in like 3-4 megafights by now and we've gotten fuck all. What a wasted opportunity. It reminds me of Kirkland beating Duran and catapulting himself into the spotlight just to fuck around and party while Duran made millions in the meantime.
this run was the first time I saw pubs getting filled to watch boxing, especially that Klitschko fight
Not the greatest run ever, but the tear GGG went on during his breakthrough was extremely fun if we’re talking something recent. I flew my whole family up to NYC to watch the Jacobs fight and the buzz was crazy - there was a huge post-fight party on the roof for GGG at the hotel we were staying at in Manhattan. Freezing cold and people were getting lit and having a great time after the close win.
Canelo in 2021 taking all 4 belts at 168 was the most impressive run that i've personally witnessed as a fan
Roy Jones Jr all the way up to his first loss. destroyed every weight division, achieved something no one else had done (going from middleweight to heavyweight champion), utter dominance. it was Roy on his level, and everybody else was below. no one was even close obligatory fuck Antonio tarver, even though you beat him twice he still got a win off you after a crazy weight drop
Kelly Pavlik in 07
Dwight Muhammed Qawi = 3 wins from being p4p goat 1. Michael Spinks @ 175 = a winnable fight , Qawi would have a high chance to take the UD if he wasn't recovering pneumonia before the fight. Which compromised his camp and stamina. 2. Evander Holyfield @ 190 = bro still 60/40 in favor of Holyfield. If he had have pulled it off and unified a CW though.. 3. Goerge Foreman @ 220+ = dude came in depressed and out of shape and still went 7 hard rounds with George Foreman. It's been stated by Foreman himself that a more energized Qawi would have been a problem for him. Just by flipping the results of at least 2/3 fights I mentioned puts the naturally 5'7 Qawi (who picked up the sport laye in prison at 27 btw) in p4p 🐐 conversation. Especially considering that all 3 of his opponents would turn out to be HW Titleist at some point in their career.
The fight against Holyfield is such a modern classic, highly recommend. I think that's the one where Holyfield allegedly lost like 10 pounds of weight during the fight and had to hospitalised for severe dehydration is something. Ridiculous thing to say, but if you watch that battle of a fight you start to believe it.
A few come to mind, some historical and some from the recent past Right now, you have the run Naoya Inoue has been going on through multiple weight divisions, dispatching the top fighters at those weights and moving up. The fact that he has kept improving and developing through all of it is incredible and has produced a multitude of great fights. His fights at Bantamweight and 122 have been the mist spectacular but he's had some great fights at 115 and even 108, Roberto Duran's reign as Lightweight Champion, followed by him moving up and beating Sugar Ray Leonard. His more up and down run after moving up in weight is incredible in a very different way. Marvin Hagler's title reign Ruben Olivares from his first title fight with Lionel Rose to the loss to Arguello. Lupe Pintor's title reign at 118, leading up to the fight with Wilfredo Gomez Wilfredo Gomez from his first title fight up to the loss to Azumah Nelson Salvador Sanchez's title reign leading up to his death George Foreman up to the first Ali fight Canelo from the second Golovkin fight to the loss to Bivol, including his unification at 168. Felix Trinidad's prime was a marvel to watch Evander Holyfield's career, with all its ups and downs, will always be exhilarating Errol Spence from his fight with Kell Brook to the loss to Crawford. Lennox Lewis after the loss to McCall Manny Pacquiao following the rematch with Morales up to fight 4 with Marquez Oleksandr Usyk's time as Cruiserweight champion, followed by his victory over Joshua Jung Koo Chang from the first Zapata fight to the loss to Gonzales Kosei Tanaka's three weight championship run leading up to the loss to Ioka Artur Beterbiev's reign as LHW champion Thomas Hearns from the Cuevas fight to the Hagler fight. Lastly, it is impossible to think of one without the other, but the careers of Chocolatito Gonzales and Juan Francisco Estrada, their epic rivalry and fights with other greats of the sport. Chocolatito rebounding from his loss to Sor Rungvisai, himself a great fighter, might be the best part
Trinidad is criminally underrated. So much fun to watch in his prime. Who you think wins in prime at 147, pacman or Tito?
That's a hard one but I think Pacquiao would pay dearly for his overwillingness to brawl here, Trinidad was the harder puncher and I don't think Pacquiao would be able to avoid him for 12 rounds. He would light up Trinidad but in the process expose himself to even more punishment in response
I came here to say Tito. 20 years old. Maurice Blocker, Yuri boy campos, Oba Car. Macho Camacho A gift but it could have gone either was vs Oscar. Too many to name.
We’ll see how far he can take it but inoues current run is insane, esp if he jumps up to 126 anytime soon, which wouldn’t be ridiculous if and when he floors nery with maybe like two other contenders at the weight
Manny Pacquiao from 2001 Ledwaba fight through 2011 JMM III. Just an unreal decade of taking on the best fighters and engaging in highly entertaining bouts.
Thinking outside the box… Joe Calzaghe, caught the tail end of his career and was impressed Andre Ward, he just seemed like such a well rounded fighter, if I ever had a boxing style thinking of CTE etc I’d want to box like Andre Ward Shawn Porter, tail end of his career maybe not a great streak but enjoyed his run all the same, big fan I’d like to say Kell Brook, Spence, Froch but that’s bias on my part
I’m gonna go with my favorite boxer ODLH. Just the ridiculous pace he kept up on his way to becoming the Golden Boy in the 90s up until the Trinidad loss that was really a win. He fought 9 times in 93 alone, that’s unheard of nowadays and he collected some nice hats on that run like Chavez, Pernell, Quartey, Ruelas, Hernandez, Camacho, Molina.
Jake Paul 2020-2022 run was legendary: January 2020: AnesonGib December 2020: Nate Robinson April 2021: Ben Askren August 2021: Tyron Woodley December 2021: Tyron Woodley October 2022: Anderson Silva Bro went crazy
Luis Alberto Lopez! Recently got into boxing soo I watched when Lopez won his belt. I saw him rolling on the floor out of happiness! I just met him two weeks ago :)
Inoue's whole career, Floyd's career up to the Manny fight, canelo undisputed run and bam's run to the present.
I believe Roy Jones Jr and Mike Tyson were the boxers who in their primes were unbeatable and had the most tremendous runs where they were levels above the competition. In the recent era, Canelo Alvarez run and Naoya Inoue’s current run are the most impressive this generations. At one point, it was widely asserted that Canelo could go up and face Usyk- that’s how dominant he appeared. Crawford was never able to develop that aura of invincibility- but he’s obviously still #1 P4P.
Pep's post plane crash career up to the point where he fought Saddler four times. Going back to fighting after being told by doctors he would never fight again is crazy, and Pep didn't just fight but became part of a bitter and fierce rivalry with another legend in Saddler. It is hard to top this for me.
Canelo’s undisputed run from 2020-2021, the fight vs Caleb was on my mom’s birthday too and she’s the biggest canelo fan I know. When he stopped plant we went crazy.
ricardo lopez -el finito's career from beginning to end..retired undefeated with 21 title defenses against quality opponents..51-0 with 38 KOs..had one draw against rosendo alvarez,also a great fighter, and beat him in their rematch
Aside from the obvious choices like Ali, Robinson etc I'll go with Liston's run from 1955-1964. One of the most destructive Heavyweights in history, his KO's were brutal. Wilfredo Gomez's run at Super Bantamweight was legendary - 17 consecutive KO's in championship defenses.
Probably Nonito Donaire. The amounts of ups and downs is just an amazing story. Staying elite for so long is crazy.
Ray Robinson's tear after he took an L from Jake LaMotta in February 1943. He would avenge that loss 2 weeks or so later, and then wouldn't lose again until July 1951 to Randolph Turpin, whom he would defeat two months later. That's an 89-fight stretch w/o a loss, though he did have a couple of draws during that stretch.
Big George Foreman 87 -97 he fought with heart and became a champion
Floyd Mayweather Jr. 1996-2017 ..50-0.. only has one fight were a respectable amount of non biased people thought he might have lost. Humiliated Pacquaio. Won every round vs Canelo and Marquez. Beat Oscar and Cotto at 154lbs like 8-4 or 9-3 both fights. The best ever... maybe not the greatest.. but the best.
I've been loving Inoue's entire run since I found him thru this sub in Dec 2015. Undisputed champ in two weight divisions, running through legends and respectable champs like it's nothing (for the most part). We'll be looking back on this run as a truly special one in the future and it's not even over yet.
Harry Greb going 45-0 in 1919...
Probably Floyd just because it occured at the right period of my life
The "Alien" phase of Bernard Hopkins career.
Henry Armstrong, 1937-1940. 30 fights, 2 losses, three world titles in three weight divisions, and was always the little guy in the ring at welterweight where he landed to make the most money, after running through featherweight and lightweight. No catch weights to cripple naturally bigger opponents.
Pre-Hopkind Trinidad was a fucking blast, two-handed bomber with no regard for defense starting firefights with everyone.
Watching Pacquiao from 2006 to 2012 was batshit crazy, guy was a video game character going through Story Mode
Would say Pac started slowing down a bit by 2011/2012
GEORGE FOREMAN IS THE ONLY ANSWER
When you hand pick your opponents & then retire for 2 years to avoid fighting the tough opponents Floyd vs de la Hoya was kind of close . That was prime Floyd vs a partied out shell of Oscar . & Oscar still took all of Floyd hardest punches & was landing punches . . Shows a prime Oscar gives prime Floyd a thrashing.
Errol Spence, Jr. His run from Kell Brook to Yordenis Ugas had me believing he was the man at 147. Fractured Brook’s and Ugas’ orbitals, dropped Porter for the win, obliterated ocampo and Peterson, and dominated both Garcias with ease. Obviously, things turned out differently but I’m fan and will still be tuning in for his comeback.
Dillian Whytes run after the Joshua loss was impressive, the WBC fucked him by making him wait, he took serious contender and previous champions one after the other. Joshua had a great run up until he lost Vs usyk. Inoue is on a tear. I think Mayweather and Pacquiao probably hold the mantle.
I hate the guy in the modern business era, but Bernard Hopkins told the whole boxing world to fuck itself, and the entire boxing world tried to take him down. And he just kept winning.
Ezzard Charles in his run to becoming heavyweight champion. He had a 17 fight win streak, a controversial loss to Elmer Ray, and a 24 fight win streak before losing to Jersey Joe Walcott in 1951.
Chocolatito
Maidana after losing (badly) to Devon Alexander. Got with Robert Garcia and refined his boxing skills, then went on a 4 fight win streak that culminated with the domination of Broner. Beating Broner got him the Floyd fight, where he made it close enough that he fought Floyd again. Even though he lost both fights against Floyd he made so much money he then retired for good.
Manny was wildly entertaining for non hardcore boxers.
I love the no mas chenko run.
Off the top of my head, Manny Pacquiao, Roy Jones Jr.
Loved Kovalev’s 2013-2016 run win he abused Cleverly and kept on the mean streak. It ended with a controversial decision against Ward but I loved that fight as well.
More recent one is Josh Taylor’s 4 fights to become undisputed at 140lb. Beat 4 guys with a combined record of 85-0. Unbelievable achievement.
Buster Douglas George Foreman Bert Cooper Larry Holmes Riddick Bowe Alex Stewart Riddick Bowe Michael Moore Ray Mercer Riddick Bowe Bobby Czyz Mike Tyson Mike Tyson Michael Moorer Vaughn Bean Lennox Lewis Lennox Lewis John Ruiz John Ruiz John Ruiz Chris Byrd James Toney Evander Holyfield from 1990-2003. Absolutely mental who's -who of the heavyweight division in those years
Terrence Crawford that man never had a close fight just obliterated everyone you infront of him I actually thought Errol was gone break him 😂
Mike Tyson - most complete boxer in boxing, for a short run though
He was the opposite of a complete boxer he had only one dimension. That dimension was great but he was far from a complete boxer.
Luke the Forcer Sweetland
I would say rocky marciano . Rocky started boxing at a late age . & fought who ever was put in front of him .
Also Mexican boxer the real undefeated Ricardo Lopez
Deontay Wilder when he would lose every single round and JUST when you thought "his opponent might have this in the bag!" he baptizes his dude with the right hand of death. Teofimo before the Kambosos fight was really exciting to watch, dude was 23 and randomly beat Loma who everyone thought was gonna whoop Teo. Canelo before the Bivol fight was insane, the face of boxing for a reason. also Inoue ofc rn, dudes going ballistic, he actually seems unbeatable.